Friday, March 1st, 2013 Morning Weather Discussion

Well, I have been talking for a couple of weeks now about how I felt a big storm might form in early March.  I did not hit the date exactly, but I was pretty close apparently.  This storm will start to form on Tuesday over the southeastern United States and will then turn north and head in our direction.  The only question remaining at this point is just how far north this storm comes, but all major models are now showing the possibility of the storm affecting our area significantly, and it will be cold enough in the upper atmosphere for the precipitation to fall as snow.  Unfortunately, it will be a heavy and wet snow as the temperatures will be near or slightly above freezing.  Depending on how much snow and wind we end up getting, there would be a possibility of power outages next Wednesday night and Thursday.  Of course, there is still a chance that this storm could miss us completely to the south and east; however that is now looking less likely.  The American model is now showing us getting 6-12 inches of snow, and the European model is showing 1-2 feet.  We will just have to wait and see how close this storm gets to our location.  Remember, there is still a chance that this storm could miss us completely, then again we could get 1- 2 feet of heavy and wet snow which could cause power outages.  Check back for updates.